I recently started thinking of upgrading my video card (Gigabyte GTX 970) after helping my nephew build a new system.

My CPU is the I5 - 3570K.

I started researching cards, and it appears the best bang for your buck cards now are the RX 570/RX580 and the RTX2060. I know there are a few of the AMD cards that have a couple free games attached, and Division 2 is one of those games and is a title I would likely pickup when it comes out.

Would it be worthwhile to even upgrade the GPU considering the CPU? And if so, which card?

My monitor is a BenQ BL3200 with native resolution of 2560x1440.

I have mainly been playing Call of Duty Black Ops 4, Far Cry 5, Monster Hunter World and Forza Horizon 4 recently.

Going to a 570/580 is really a lateral move for the most part. I'd look around for a good deal on a used 1070 if I was wanting to make that upgrade. You can grab them off eBay for a good price and sometimes on the FS/FT forum here for even better prices.

Thanks for the responses. I am a little hesitant to buy used, but have been looking this afternoon here and ebay.

If I get a 1070 or Vega 56 or even a 2060, will my CPU be an issue though? I built the system in 2012, and then added the 970 in 2014. It still runs great, just would like some better performance in newer games.

If I get a 1070 or Vega 56 or even a 2060, will my CPU be an issue though?.

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certainly your CPU will choke with modern tittles due to only 4 threads.. depending on your CPU clock that could be from acceptable bottleneck and minor stuttering to a severe one.. so a high overclock on those old systems it's always recommended (at least 4.3ghz will still play nice).. but at your resolution you will be mostly fine with it in vast majority of games. but AIM to not less than Vega56 or GTX 1070/RTX 2060 so the performance jump in the GPU department will be still high enough..

2560x1440 is pretty high resolution so GPU upgrade is recommended imho.
To see how much CPU bound you are there is a very simple test that you can perforem: lower game resolution to eg. 1920x1080 and see how it improves frame rates in games that you play.

Before upgrading your card you should upgrade your CPU first as it will bottleneck your system in the future.
If you don't want to go for DDR4 platform as DDR4 rams are expensive then you can simply upgrade to i7 4790k with only MB upgradation and can use your previous builds rams.
And RX580 is a great card for 1440p gaming and they are going really cheap nowadays.

I plan to build a new system sometime in the future. The 2060 will be here in a couple of days, and fingers crossed, I will get a boost out of it. From the link amenx listed, it looks like the 2060 should provide a decent upgrade.